Why Polyamory Didn’t Work For Me
I thought I was polyamorous, but it turns I am monogamish. Both are types of open relationships, both have some degree of involvement...
polyamory, and open marriage
I thought I was polyamorous, but it turns I am monogamish. Both are types of open relationships, both have some degree of involvement...
It was a random Tuesday morning when my ex called and asked what my lunch plans were. “Nothing much; we’ll probably just eat some...
I had quite an interesting conversation with my ten-year-old friend Emilia the other day. She told me how her best friend Leslie upset...
“Okay. Let’s start dating other people”, my husband said after we finished appetizers. I met my husband, Jay, in front of a nightclub in...
I had an epiphany the other night: we focus on succeeding at our careers a lot more than we focus on succeeding at our relationships....
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw Changes happen all the time. The nature of life is...
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every relationship you have.” — Robert Holden When my husband and I decided to open...
Last year at my virtual birthday party my mom raised a glass and said “There is absolutely nothing I could wish my daughter on her...
There are two main reasons why people in monogamous relationships decide they are polyamorous: Some critical component is missing in...
Since my husband and I decided to open our marriage, I’ve been paying extra close attention to the progression of relationships of our...
After a few post-date withdrawals, I developed some tactics for working through the onslaught of difficult feelings.
We were having dinner at my parents house when my husband asked my grandma how she felt about grandpa's thirst for adventure and constant...
I have to hide this huge most loving part of me from most of the world, because seeing it as it is would make most of the world...
In her research article, Anne-Laure Le Cunff defines veto as an agreement in polyamorous relationships that gives one person the power to...
Something interesting happened to me recently… I fell in love with my body. When I was growing up I was an awkward, lanky preteen with...
My dad has a theory that a relationship can only be successful when these four elements are present
I have a confession to make: I am an introvert. Vocabulary.com defines an introvert as someone who prefers solitary activities and who...
Many poly bloggers, myself included, have attempted to explain what polyamory really is. But many people still don't get what it's not.
There was no concept of self-love where I grew up. Forget self-love, feelings just wasn't something people talked about. I don't remember...
The topic of dating friends has come up quite a bit for me recently. In fact, it surfaced multiple times just in the last week in...